Canada

Some overloaded Quebec health-care facilities forced to cancel staff vacations

MONTREAL - Several Quebec health authorities are being forced to cancel employee vacations as the province struggles with staff shortages and rising COVID-19 hospitalizations, and some workers fear th...

Jan 05, 2022

Iain Rankin, former N.S. premier and leader of Liberals, announces resignation

HALIFAX - Former Nova Scotia premier Iain Rankin is resigning as leader of the provincial Liberal party after reflecting on his future over the holiday season. Rankin served as premier of the province...

Jan 05, 2022

Federal COVID update, Ontario tightens health restrictions: In The News for Jan. 5

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Jan 05, 2022

Trudeau and Tam to hold first federal update on COVID-19 of the new year

Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam will join Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this morning for the first federal COVID-19 update of the new year. The update follows Trudeau's phone call yesterda...

Jan 05, 2022

Trudeau, Horgan discuss Omicron response, B.C. flooding rebuilding efforts

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will hold a call with all of the country's premiers next week to discuss how governments are keeping citizens safe as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 rap...

Jan 04, 2022

Federal transport minister asks for investigation into Sunwing party flight to Mexico

MONTREAL - Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says he has asked Transport Canada to investigate reports of "unacceptable" behaviour on a recent Sunwing Airlines flight to Cancun, Mexico. Videos ...

Jan 04, 2022

A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Calls are growing for the Ontario government to make COVID-19 tests available to children attending the daycares, with parents saying the lack of access...

Jan 04, 2022

Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard's sex assault trial postponed again due to COVID-19

TORONTO - Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, the frontman for the band Hedley, has once again seen his sexual assault trial postponed as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. Hoggard was initially set to s...

Jan 04, 2022

Both sides claim victory after U.S. complaint about Canada's dairy quota practices

WASHINGTON - Arbitrators have issued their final report into U.S. complaints about how Canada is interpreting North American trade rules around dairy imports - and both countries are claiming victory....

Jan 04, 2022

Antisemitism envoy, Irwin Cotler, says Quebec's secularism law is discriminatory

OTTAWA - Canada's special envoy on combating antisemitism says Quebec's law banning teachers and some other public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols at work is "discriminatory" and authori...

Jan 04, 2022